CVE-2000-0333

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
31/05/1999
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

tcpdump, Ethereal, and other sniffer packages allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed DNS packets in which a jump offset refers to itself, which causes tcpdump to enter an infinite loop while decompressing the packet.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*